Modern Philosophy

Modern Philosophy developed a secular and rational method and moved away from the traditional structure, such as, the authority of religious scriptures.

Rationalists argued that all knowledge begin from certain innate ideas.

Some of the Rationalists were Rene Descartes, Baruch Spinoza, Gottfried Leibniz, Nicholas Malebrance.

Empiricists held the view that knowledge begins with sensory experience.

Some of the Empiricists were John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume.

Immanuel Kant’s philosophical system claims to have unified rationalist and empiricist methods.

Bertrand Russel and George Edward Moore promoted analytical philosophy which essentially updated traditional empiricism.